Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-04-22
TI,o New South.

To the editor of the Alexandria Gazette:
The new South The new South That
is the familiar cry now of the press, the pol
itician and the Spectator. The new South !!
In what does it differ from the old? 1t
means. townships" in the place of "magls'
terial districts" supervisors" and county
Judges" in the place of the old county court
system: assessors, 10 be elected by the pee
ME. whose property is to De assessed; negro
servants, who are employed by the month,
at good prices and leisuraly walk in about
seven to cook breakfast required at half
past. borrowa quarter in the evening, ana
probably other things not asked for or
returned, leaves, and is never seen again,
leaving her place to be filled by Mrs" G.:
"Miss" Juliana Johnsng, who will repeat
the operation It means soda IN the place
of beat biscuit; "cod salt-rising," in the place
of our dear old Virginia hot loaf. 1t means
absolute ignorance Of thin biscuits ana Da--
ter cakes.n 1t means for lady to fret her
life out in the kitchen, and gentleman TO
have upon mis- person the perfume OF the
stable. in the place OF that from Germany: III
means the loom and the shuttle, the fur
mace and the foundry; Pittsburg and Man.
chester, Massachusetts, and Connecticut IN
the place of old Virginia and South Carroll
ma of other days. 1t means the education
of your children at the expense Of other
people. In word it means Yankee Well,
Yankees are very good people in their
places, and that is-well, north of here; but
every one to his choice as the old woman
said when she kissed the cow.
Bnt bless me, am an old fogy. Away
behind the times hate the New South, y
and cling to the memory Of old Virginia
convictions of the Episcopal Church. WITH
pretty girls, a quiet square dance and
| The first spring chickens and strawberries OF
the season, in the place of the Council and
body of business men, SO called with
very grave faces, preaching eternal damns-
ton for less cffense5 than they commit each
day. love 10 think of the old county court
system, with its Jolly bench of magistrates
! nominated by themselves and appointed by
the Governor-all dressed in swallowtaii,
blue cloth coats with brass buttons, buff
vests, knee breeches, silk stockings and fair
top boots, every man of them with red
faces, big bellies and red baudana silk
handkerchief with small white dot. Lor
bless me, Just think of it And then dear
old nanny, with her white turban. Aunt
Fanny and Aunt Betsy, Uncle Joe and Uncle
Sye, happy in their places, in the place
of the in--I mean black apes-known
to each other as Mrs. Aurelia Fairfax Win.
throp or Mics Landonia Nelson, the same
that left with your borrowed quarter. Yes,
yes, give US the old darkeys, the pancake
and fritters, we had nearly forgotten the
name, and as for real old Virginia ham corn
bread, saddles of mutton and cold round Of
beef, roast of turkey and cabbage pickles
the same Mrs. General Jackson spelt when
she invited some Senators to come and take
plain Virginia dinner with the General and
herself-giving her bill of fare, "kabbitch.'
New Virginia knows nothing of all this
the new see proper to teach their child
rem how to spell "kabbitch" correctly-with
other peoples money. Inhale the odor Of
previous slaughter pens and coal pits to
the joys that we have tasted, oh the mem.
DRY of other days.
OLD FoGY.